- "1. Forget the idea that you're only regulating games: If you want a regulation to stick, targeting one media without credible proof of the difference between that media and all of the other things kids are exposed to isn't going to fly. So, if you want to regulate games, the bill needs to also regulate movies, maybe music, and potentially even books. It needs to be a universal approach to put parents in control. ..."
- "5. Forget the 'AO' rating for games: The argument is often made that some games should be rated 'AO.' Forget it. An 'AO' rating is basically banning the game from sale, or classifying it with the most hardcore pornography. Unless the game is some sort of sexual simulation, it shouldn't garner an 'AO' rating. In general, the sexual content in an 'M' game falls short of what is in many R rated movies or even what is on television. Arguing that a game like GTA IV should be AO is just an effort in futility."
- "9. This should be a fine only offense, and only a fine against the store: It is the requirement of the store to perform their due diligence on each sale. Keeping that in mind, this isn't injecting heroin into the veins of children. The idea that it should be a criminal offense is just silly, and the idea that individual cashiers should be punished is equally inane. If a store has a problematic cashier, then the store should be held accountable and be allowed to deal with the cashier as they see fit."
[Thanks, geonex88]
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Save a few of those images and let them age at least until your next weekly reminder that Portal is GOTD (Game Of The Decade(The caeK is a lie ;)))
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Great points. This guy is good.
Seriously, I think he makes some good points that could even shut up most politicials about 'dem ebil vidya gaems.
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is it one of those days we should be looking for Star Wars references again?
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What it looked to me like he's doing here is actually providing the counterarguments that we always give and are summarily dismissed by the people always pushing for these laws, only doing it in a way that makes it seem he is on their side.
1. Other media children are exposed to is as bad if not worse than gaming.
2. AO ratings are not equally applied as the "X" rating in movies. The same content on the silver screen would be rated lower than on the game screen.
3. Fining the store: This one take a lot of the "Batshit Insane" out of the proposed laws. Most stores don't allow the sale of mature games to underage kids anyway, I know when I worked at CC we had to do a computer based training module on it.
If you read the link, everything was just basically putting into a written law what stores and the ESRB is already voluntarily doing.
Personally, I think it's fuckig retarded that we'd need a law for it in the first place because I'm a firm believer in personal freedoms and respobsibility. I think if we just enforced the laws already on the books for COMMITING crimes, we wouldn't need all this bullshit in the name of preventing future criminals.
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Haha, oh america, your sexual puritanism still amuses even today. while i agree with the AOing of something like super hentai bondage raper 7, whose entire purpose is to tittilate, the fact extreme violence isnt mentioned alongside simulated sex is a lulz.
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*note pornographic periodicals/magazines are not considered books though they have been protected under freedom of speech stuff generally.
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It is not the Government's place to tell us what we can and can't consume. A store should be able to sell GTA4 to a 16 year old without being fined. That "kid" may have a job, we can't dictate how that "kid" can spend legitimately earned money. If a store choses to sell based on rating recommendations (emphasis on recommendations) to build a public image of responsibility, that's their choice as well.
Legislation on this subject goes beyond the scope of what Congress can do. Industry ratings are not legal requirements and they should not be treated as such via fines.
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